European Commission’s 2023 Lorenzo Natali Media Prize for journalists
Deadline: 28th of April, 2023
The Lorenzo Natali Award has recognized excellence in journalism for almost 30 years. It was founded in 1992 to highlight tales about important issues in our society, such as the human effect of inequality, poverty, and climate change, the value of education, and the necessity of human rights in our countries.
The Lorenzo Natali Media Award, the EU’s top journalistic prize, is now accepting submissions. Journalists can apply by submitting stories that are qualified.
The Award recognizes and honors the efforts of journalists from throughout the world who shine light on the world’s most serious issues.
The European Commission encourages journalists to cover problems such as inequality, poverty eradication, sustainable development, the environment, biodiversity, climate action, digital, jobs and employment, education and skill development, migration, and healthcare, peace, democracy and human rights to apply online.
Eligibility:
Reporters can submit written, audio-visual or multimedia work in one of the following categories:
- International Prize: reporting published by a media outlet based in one of the European Union’s partner countries.
- Europe Prize: reporting published by a media outlet based in the European Union.
- Best Emerging Journalist Prize: reporting by a journalist aged under 30 at the time of publication and published by a media outlet based in any of the countries eligible for the International and Europe Prizes.
Applications are open to reporting in any language, but should be accompanied by a translation in one of the competition languages: English, French, Spanish, German or Portuguese.
Selection Criteria:
- A Grand Jury of internationally renowned journalists and representatives from key non-governmental organisations from around the world will choose the winners in each category.
- Each winner will receive €10 000. The winner of the Best Emerging Journalist category will also be offered a work experience with a media partner.
- The winners will be announced at the Lorenzo Natali Media Prize Award Ceremony in Brussels later in 2023.
